Thursday, 22 December 2016

Today we’ve created a mixed media jewellery/make up/keepsake box
for you’ll! We’ve given it a vintage look! This is something everyone
girl/woman would want!

Since this is a mixed media creation, it has various layers with
different products. To begin with we, brushed the box with white gesso and
adhered some die cuts with mod lodge! This forms our first layer of texture.
Once dry, we used a stencil and added texture with modelling paste. We then
covered our box with black gesso. Since we wanted a vintage look, black base
was a good idea! We left it to dry.

Next, we decided to add more texture. By now you would’ve
realised that mixed media is all about textures! Here we used a stencil with
white crackle paste! This added the dimension we were looking for. Once
everything was dry and we were happy with our result,we added colours using Lindy’s Stamp Gang
sprays.

For our focal elements, we hand made roses using the Heartfelt
Creations Classic rose stamp and die set. We coloured them using the same
sprays and shaped them. We arranged our elements and added a few tags and die
cuts to match our theme! We used some lace on the rim and we had this gorgeous
vintage memory keepsake box read.

Monday, 5 December 2016

Again we are back with a new tutorial and this time we have Apeksha Kothari as our Guest DT in Teaching and Learning Program. Sit back with a coffee and enjoy the tutorial.

Over to you Apeksha,

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are doing well and settling down for this year to
end and to start with a new crafty year like me :DThis is my first post for Rainbow Craftykari and I totally
cannot cope up with my excitement at all. Today, as part of the guest designer
team, I am going to show you all how to create a cute little handy pocket tag
card which can be used as a keepsake or be gifted to anyone for any occasion.

So, without wasting much time, let’s get started with it.

Please Note: THIS
IS A LONG POST :D

I would like to show you what the final result looks like
and then get into the detailed process on how to make one.

Now, let’s see how this is put together:

This is a 10 pocket card and hence you will need 10 pieces
of 4” X 8.5” black cardstock for the pockets.

To start with, take one of the 4” X 8.5” black cardstock and
place it with the 8.5” (the long side lined up on the top) and score at 4 and
8.

You will be left with a half inch flap which would be used
to adhere the piece together to make the pocket. Refer the picture below to see
how to add the red tape and fold the piece together and; I have taper the ends
here to give a neat look to the final outcome.You will need to make 10 of these. And once all the 10
pockets are ready, we will attach them to one another.

Apply the glue to the middle section of the pocket and
attach it to another pocket.

Continue gluing all the pockets to each other and you will
end up with something like this.

For each pocket you would need a tag (white cardstock)
measuring 3.75”X 4.5” (10 in total) and 10 tag holders to pull out the tags
(half inch to three quarters of an inch in size)

With this, we are done with the base.

Now, to make the cover we would need two pieces of black
card stock measuring 4”X12”and 4”X9.5” each.Score the 4”X12”piece at 4.25”and 7.25”

And score the 4”X9.5” at 1.75”and 4.75”

You will end up with a 4.75”flap on both the pieces. Adhere
them together to create a long piece and fold it as shown in the picture below.

And then attach the magnet to the two overlapping flaps on
the top.

With this, we are done with the cover too.

It is now time for us to attach the pockets to the cover and
complete the base of the card.

Attach the pockets to the cards where in the flat bases meet
each other on both the sides with either liquid glue or red tape (which ever
you are comfortable with).

And
you will end up with something looking like the below

I have used the pattern paper from Papericious paper pack –
“Steal the time”

For the top, I have used a happy birthday die cut in red
cardstock and layered it with white cardstock. I then fussy cut it and
distressed the edges with Faded Jeans Distress Ink. I then layered it on a
black cardstock and fussy cut it to the shape again. I adhered it with foam
tape to give it a dimensional effect. I went ahead and added a flower and a
couple of butterflies with rhinestones on them. Have a closer look at it.

I also distressed the tags with Barn Door distress ink,
added a butterfly as a tag holder and added a rhinestone to it.

For the top part of front side, I die cut the name “divya”
in white and distressed it with Barn Door distress ink and added a couple of
black rhinestones on each of the letters. Added a small butterfly punch out
too.

For the bottom part of the front side, I added a doily,
again distressed with Barn Door. Added a ribbon bow, butterfly punch out, a
couple of buttons, a couple of mulberry flowers and a piece of net.

The card is complete. Decorate it as per your wish and
comfort.Have a look at what I ended up making:

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and will try your hands on
this one.If you have any questions,
please feel free to comment below and I will be more than glad to help you.

WELCOME

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